Raleighwood, NC: Fighting Resegregation

NCSU Libraries Release WolfWalk Mobile Site

WolfWalk Mobile Screenshot

The NCSU Libraries recently released WolfWalk:

"a mobile library project that allows you to explore North Carolina State University campus history using selected mobile devices. WolfWalk provides information on the history of approximately 60 major sites of interest on the NCSU campus, together with multiple current and/or historic images that are sourced from the NCSU Libraries Special Collections Research Center."

There's more at NCSU Libraries News.

Via Cultural Research: Library Innovation Blog.

Barrel Monster Superstar: International Coverage

AP Video: Artist in a Jam Over Traffic Barrel Monster

It looks like the days of riding around with a bandanna for a mask may have run into an anonymity crushing wall of international "Barrel Monster" coverage for Joseph Carnevale, aka uliveandyouburn, whose mug shot was recently outed by The Smoking Gun and who will now face random harassment from local law enforcement.

Actually, I don't know what he'll face but I remember (said grandpa) walking down Hillsborough St. with Mike Dean back in the 80's and having a Raleigh detective come up, stop him, request his id, ask if he'd been spraying graffiti and then letting us go on our way. Mike said they'd been stopping him randomly ever since some fans sprayed C.O.C. on the wall of some house they'd broken into even though no other connections were made to members of the band.

In the above video, Carnevale says he was charged with misdemeanors and that the barrel company doesn't want to press charges. Actually, they want to use the sculpture for marketing, or murketing as the case may be, which may or may not fit Carnevale's agenda but bodes a positive outcome.

Let's hope Detective Local Yokel bears that in mind!

Update:
Here's a nice NPR piece including interview.

Didn't know homie was on probation. Best of luck, superstar!

Barrel Monster Arrest Makes The Smoking Gun

The Smoking Gun: "Barrel Monster Bust"

Related Raleighwood, NC Coverage:
Barrel Monster Artist Busted

Barrel Monster Artist Busted

• N.C. State student accused of creating a 'monster' :: WRAL.com

Related Raleighwood, NC Coverage:
The Return of uliveandyouburn ["Barrel Monster" post]

The Return of uliveandyouburn

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Bring the noise!

Bain Project Documentation: Writers & Photographers

I made it out to the Bain Project over the weekend with John Dancy-Jones who is in the midst of multiple wrapup posts with photos that can be found via a list at the bottom of this post.

I don't have a lot to say about it, partly because I learned to hate art critics back during my performing days and partly because, if I dig in, I tend towards the hypercritical myself.

But I will say that some of the artists, who weren't identified with particular pieces though they all looked like work by specific artists, did a particularly awesome job and everybody made strong contributions. Overall it was a great community event.

Here are some responses and photographs from other folks around town:

Heather at IndieNC Blog interviewed many of the artists and posted some nice pics after the first weekend.

Kevin Green discussed one of his photos at The Digital Photo Project and also posted a few photos on Flickr.

Grayson Currin writes about the audio cd, The Bain Music Project.

Flickr sets & selections in the order found:

Steve Burnett
eclectic.bumpkin
haplochant
Karnevil
Riva Derci
bliss24

The Flickr action is extensive. Here are a couple of search options organized by "most recent":
tags: bainproject
fulltext: bain project

On a somber note:

Folks from Toxic Free NC shared some thoughts at New Raleigh regarding lead hazards on the site and I don't recall seeing any warnings when I attended. That's a bad look for the project and the artists involved, imho. They should have had a very visible warning sign at the entrance explaining the dangers and how to conduct oneself.
[via Raleigh Eco News]

If you have documentation or responses online, feel free to drop links in the comments.

Related Raleighwood, NC Coverage:
The Bain Project & Bain Waterworks Photographs
The Bain Project: Site-Specific Art at Bain Waterworks

The Bain Project & Bain Waterworks Photographs

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Flickr: Bain Waterworks

A fun way to follow community involvement with the Bain Waterworks that goes beyond but may include the Bain Project is to see what's posted on Flickr. The above Flickr badge will automatically update as folks post new pics tagged "bain" and "waterworks" "bainproject". You can try other combos at Flickr for digital stalking fun!

Lots of local bloggers have already been posting pics of the Waterworks, the Bain Project artists and their art and a benefit music concert for the project held March 7th.

Bain Waterworks Pictures:
Pecans & Mistletoe: Photos of the Water Treatment Plant
New Raleigh: Waterworks Site Photos

Bain Project Art/Artists:
IndieNC Blog: Artists at Work
Bryan Regan: "random snapshots"
Raleigh Rambles: Preview Pics

Bain Music Project Benefit Photos:
Bain Project: Concert Poster
badgerblog: minimalism and the avant garde
Raleigh Rambles: Concert Pics

Related Raleighwood, NC Coverage:
Bain Project Documentation: Writers & Photographers
The Bain Project: Site-Specific Art at Bain Waterworks

May 9-10, 16-17: The Bain Project: Site-Specific Art at Bain Waterworks

The Bain Project

The Bain Project, a convergence of site-specific art projects at the E. B. Bain Waterworks, opens this weekend, May 9th and 10th, with more to come the following weekend, May 16th and 17th.

WUNC radio did a recent show about the project.

Related Raleighwood, NC Coverage:
Bain Project Documentation: Writers & Photographers
The Bain Project & Bain Waterworks Photographs

Fri. May 1: The Big Little Show @ Designbox

The Big Little Show @ Designbox

The Big Little Show at Designbox opens Friday, May 1st from 7 to 10pm, during First Friday, and runs through May 29th. Potentially very cool.

Here's the Designbox text:

The Big Little Show
by Larry Cooper, M. Andrea Azcarate-Peril, and Jose M. Bruno-Barcena

Works that portray the microscopic world enlarged by as perceived by local artist Larry Cooper and microbiologists Andrea Azcarate Peril and Jose Bruno-Barcena.

REFLECTIONS of NATURE
Larry Cooper is an artist and sculptor whose work is inspired by mitosis, viral invaders, DNA and more. His sandblast etchings can be seen in places such as the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial, the Korean War Memorial, the Civil Rights Memorial and others. His current work expresses how symbiotic relationships in nature reflect the human experience where changes have observable effects.

THE BEAUTY of SCIENCE
Andrea Azcarate Peril and Jose Bruno-Barcena are microbiologists. Jose is a fermentation specialist and Andrea is a molecular biologist. Both have worked with probiotic (the “good”) bacteria for many years. They are interested in conveying the beauty in science by using actual experimental data and figures in an aesthetic approach. Most of their pieces are based on microarray experiments.

Curated by Diane Reeves [db] & Erin Conigliaro [db]

Location:
323 West Martin Street, Raleigh, NC

Note:
This show entry is not permalinked so if you check this at a later date and I haven't updated you'll have to check out the Past Shows section for, um, everything I just nabbed above!

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